WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF…

I recently found this in my documents. It is a copy of a portion of what I typed up and communicated in our home at our first ‘Connect Church’ home meeting when we moved back to South Louisiana. What a night that was!

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF: we planted a life giving church that was so:

1) Powerful that when people came it altered their lives forever, where young men get saved, teens get saved, broken women get healed, men get saved and their families change…

2) Enjoyable that when it was over people would say…”I wish we could stay longer” “it’s over already?”  “Some dad says…baby I wish we could have stayed 5 minutes longer…it wasn’t that way for me when I grew up in church.” Jesus was so enjoyable to be around that thousands of people would come from everywhere to be around Jesus and especially children.  Children have a radar and know who they want to be around…

3) Authentic that people aren’t afraid to open up and be transparent and say “this is who I really am.”

4) Practical that people knew exactly what steps to take on Monday through Friday…

5) Relational that people found a herd, a flock that they want to do life with…raise kids with, live with, deal with, laugh with, die with.  The average American today has only one friend

6) Radical that God had us on the cutting edge to change the world…even if it costs me everything I’m going to pick up my cross and follow Him.  We exist to be radical.

We can wrap up the mission of our church with this VISION STATEMENT: TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH JESUS, HELPING THEM BECOME FULLY DEVOTED FOLLOWERS OF HIM.

WE CAN DO IT!!!